Maggot Lords

The Death Guard are foulness made manifest. They are a vision of unnatural corruption, of nobility, courage and strength perverted into nightmarish foulness and diseased might. Cities, worlds, even entire systems rot at their touch, the power of Nurgle spreading inexorably wherever the Death Guard raise their flyblown banners.

Contents
Books
FAQ
Keywords
Army Rules
Nurgle’s Gift (Aura)
Pact of Decay
Primary Mission
Maggot Lords
Datasheets
Detachment Rules
Creeping Rot
Enhancements
Stratagems
Datasheets
Septimol Fulg, Maggot Lords Tallyman
Sholgor the Putrid
Maggot Lords Chaos Rhino
Maggot Lords Deathshroud Terminators
Maggot Lords Plague Marines

Books

BookKindEditionVersionLast update
  Warhammer 40,000: The App
  Warhammer 40,000: The AppRulebook112.7.1October 2026

Keywords

BATTLELINE (1);
CHAOS (5);
CHARACTER (2);
DEATH GUARD (5);
DEDICATED TRANSPORT (1);
EXPLOSIVES (1);
INFANTRY (4);
MAGGOT LORDS (5);
NURGLE (5);
SMOKE (1);
TERMINATOR (2);
TRANSPORT (1);
VEHICLE (1)

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Army Rules

Nurgle’s Gift (Aura)

The Death Guard are warriors of the Plague God Nurgle. Their bloated bodies are riddled with corruption, and their mere presence causes the foe to sicken and wither in the grip of supernatural diseases while the battlefield falls to rot and ruin around them.

If your Army Faction is DEATH GUARD, while an enemy unit is within Contagion Range of one or more DEATH GUARD models from your army, it is Afflicted (see below).

CONTAGION RANGE
Contagion Range changes over the course of the battle:





Contagion Range cannot be greater than 12" after modifiers.

AFFLICTED
During the Declare Battle Formations step, select one of the Plagues below. Until the end of the battle, while an enemy unit is Afflicted, subtract 1 from the Toughness characteristic of models in that unit, and that unit has the effect of your chosen Plague.

Skullsquirm Blight

This horrifying affliction sees the minds and senses of the victim gnawed gradually away from within.

  • Each time a model in this unit makes a ranged attack, enemy units have the benefit of cover against that attack.
  • Each time a model in this unit makes a melee attack, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.

Rattlejoint Ague

Limbs shuddering with fever palsy, bones turned brittle as glass, these warriors can barely act to defend themselves.

Worsen the Save characteristic of models in this unit by 1.

Scabrous Soulrot

Victims of this insidious ailment become glassy eyed and morose as their very animus and essence decay.

Worsen the Move, Leadership, and Objective Control characteristics of models in this unit by 1 (this rule can only worsen a model’s Objective Control characteristic to a minimum of 1).

Errata

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Add 'Contagion Range cannot be greater than 12" after modifiers.'
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‘• Each time a model in this unit makes a ranged attack, enemy units have the benefit of cover against that attack.
• Each time a model in this unit makes a melee attack, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.’

Pact of Decay

The daemons of Nurgle are not native to realspace, but instead must be summoned through the rotting veil by way of generous sacrifice and acts of foul worship.

When mustering your army, unless specifically stated otherwise, you cannot select PLAGUE LEGIONS as your Army Faction.

Primary Mission

INEXORABLE CONQUEST
Maggot Lords

None shall halt the march of the Death Guard. March upon the enemy, bestow upon them Grandfather Nurgle's festering gifts and drive them from this place.

SECOND BATTLE ROUND ONWARDS
WHEN: End of your Command phase (or the end of your turn in the fifth battle round).
You control your opponent’s home objective.10VP
SECOND BATTLE ROUND ONWARDS
WHEN: End of your Command phase (or the end of your turn in the fifth battle round).
A friendly unit (excluding battle-shocked and TRANSPORT units) is within 3" of the centre of the battlefield.5VP

Maggot Lords1DP

Datasheets


Detachment Rules

Creeping Rot

A bow-wave of contagion precedes the Maggot Lords. From this miasma of pungent filth they stride, looming close as the foe struggle to suppress their terror and muster a defence.

Friendly MAGGOT LORDS TERMINATOR units have Scouts 3".

Enhancements

Noisome Veil

A noxious shroud rises around the Tallyman, obscuring his form as he lumbers across the battlefield, monotonous incantations and droning enumerations still rumbling from his vox-emitter.

MAGGOT LORDS TALLYMAN model only. (Once per battle, per army) In your opponent’s Shooting phase, when an enemy unit targets this unit, you can use this ability. If you do, this unit has Stealth.

Bountiful Regeneration

No matter the harm done to this warrior, the unclean vitality that seethes within their body constantly repairs the damage with fresh layers of rancid fat, bubbling buboes and mutant flesh.

MAGGOT LORDS LORD OF VIRULENCE model only. In your Command phase, this model heals 1 wound.


Stratagems

INEXORABLE EXECUTIONERS
1CP
Maggot Lords Stratagem
Ponderous though the Deathshroud may appear, they are unrelenting in their pursuit of the enemy. Those who block their path are swept aside as if they were little more than crawling vermin.
WHEN: Your Charge phase, when a friendly MAGGOT LORDS DEATHSHROUD TERMINATORS unit starts a charge move.

TARGET: That MAGGOT LORDS DEATHSHROUD TERMINATORS unit.

EFFECT: Your unit can move through models (excluding MONSTER/VEHICLE models).
VOMITOUS SALVOES
1CP
Maggot Lords Stratagem
Retching and heaving like living things, the weapons of the Death Guard eject an overwhelming hail of projectiles, foul infectious matter and squealing parasites that saturate the ranks of the foe.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase, when a friendly MAGGOT LORDS PLAGUE MARINES unit is selected to shoot.

TARGET: That MAGGOT LORDS PLAGUE MARINES unit.

EFFECT: Your unit’s Lethal Hits ranged attacks have [Rapid Fire 1].
SICKENING HORROR
1CP
Maggot Lords Stratagem
A wave of supernatural dread and all-too-natural revulsion washes across the foe as the Death Guard approach.
WHEN: Start of the Fight phase.

TARGET: One friendly MAGGOT LORDS INFANTRY unit.

EFFECT: Select one enemy unit engaged with your unit. That enemy unit makes a battle-shock roll.

Datasheets


Septimol Fulg, Maggot Lords Tallyman
(⌀40mm)
M
5"
T
6
SV
3+
W
4
LD
6+
OC
1
RANGED WEAPONS
RANGE
A
BS
S
AP
D
Plasma Pistol - Standard CLOSE-QUARTERS
Plasma Pistol - Standard CLOSE-QUARTERS
12"
1
3+
7
-2
1
Plasma Pistol - Supercharge CLOSE-QUARTERS Hazardous
Plasma Pistol - Supercharge CLOSE-QUARTERS Hazardous
12"
1
3+
8
-3
2
MELEE WEAPONS
RANGE
A
WS
S
AP
D
Numerological Artefacts
Numerological Artefacts
Melee
4
3+
4
0
1
ARMY RULESNurgle’s Gift (Aura), Pact of Decay
ABILITIES
Sevenfold Chant: In your Command phase, if this model is on the battlefield, roll 2D6:
  • On a 7+, you gain 1 CP.
Malicious Calculations: This unit’s attacks can ignore modifiers to:
  • BS.
  • WS.
  • Hit rolls.
UNIT COMPOSITION
  • 1 Septimol Fulg model
This model is equipped with: 1 Numerological Artefacts; 1 Plasma Pistol - Standard.
KEYWORDS: CHARACTER; INFANTRY; TALLYMAN; MAGGOT LORDS; NURGLE; CHAOS
FACTION KEYWORDS:
DEATH GUARD
STRATAGEMS
COMMAND RE-ROLL
1CP
Core
C
INSANE BRAVERY
1CP
Core
C
FIRE OVERWATCH
1CP
Core
C
HEROIC INTERVENTION
1CP
Core
C
EPIC CHALLENGE
1CP
Core
C
COUNTEROFFENSIVE
2CP
Core
C
SICKENING HORROR
1CP
Maggot Lords Stratagem
ENHANCEMENTS
Noisome Veil


Sholgor the Putrid
(⌀50mm)
M
5"
T
7
SV
2+
W
6
LD
6+
OC
1
RANGED WEAPONS
RANGE
A
BS
S
AP
D
Twin Plague Spewer Anti-Infantry 2+ Ignores Cover Torrent Twin-linked
Twin Plague Spewer Anti-Infantry 2+ Ignores Cover Torrent Twin-linked
12"
D6
-
5
-1
1
MELEE WEAPONS
RANGE
A
WS
S
AP
D
Power Fist Lethal Hits
Power Fist Lethal Hits
Melee
5
2+
8
-2
2
ARMY RULESNurgle’s Gift (Aura), Pact of Decay
ABILITIES
Enemy Spotted: At the start of your Shooting phase, you can select one enemy unit within 18" of this model. That unit has +6" detection range.
UNIT COMPOSITION
  • 1 Sholgor the Putrid model
This model is equipped with: 1 Power Fist; 1 Twin Plague Spewer.
LEADER
This model can be attached to the following unit:
KEYWORDS: MAGGOT LORDS; TERMINATOR; CHAOS; LORD OF VIRULENCE; CHARACTER; NURGLE; INFANTRY
FACTION KEYWORDS:
DEATH GUARD
STRATAGEMS
COMMAND RE-ROLL
1CP
Core
C
INSANE BRAVERY
1CP
Core
C
FIRE OVERWATCH
1CP
Core
C
HEROIC INTERVENTION
1CP
Core
C
EPIC CHALLENGE
1CP
Core
C
COUNTEROFFENSIVE
2CP
Core
C
SICKENING HORROR
1CP
Maggot Lords Stratagem
DETACHMENT ABILITY
Creeping Rot
ENHANCEMENTS
Bountiful Regeneration


Maggot Lords Chaos Rhino
(⌀Use model)
M
12"
T
9
SV
3+
W
10
LD
6+
OC
2
RANGED WEAPONS
RANGE
A
BS
S
AP
D
Havoc Launcher BLAST 1
Havoc Launcher BLAST 1
48"
D6
3+
5
0
1
MELEE WEAPONS
RANGE
A
WS
S
AP
D
Armoured Tracks
Armoured Tracks
Melee
3
4+
6
0
1
ARMY RULESNurgle’s Gift (Aura), Pact of Decay
TRANSPORT
This model has a transport capacity of 12 DEATH GUARD models. It cannot transport TERMINATOR models.
UNIT COMPOSITION
  • 1 Chaos Rhino model
This model is equipped with: 1 Armoured Tracks; 1 Havoc Launcher.
KEYWORDS: VEHICLE; SMOKE; CHAOS; NURGLE; MAGGOT LORDS; DEDICATED TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT
FACTION KEYWORDS:
DEATH GUARD
STRATAGEMS
COMMAND RE-ROLL
1CP
Core
C
INSANE BRAVERY
1CP
Core
C
FIRE OVERWATCH
1CP
Core
C
SMOKESCREEN
1CP
Core
C
COUNTEROFFENSIVE
2CP
Core
C


Maggot Lords Deathshroud Terminators
M
5"
T
7
SV
2+
W
4
LD
6+
OC
1
Deathshroud Terminator(⌀40mm)
5"
7
2+
4
6+
1
Deathshroud Champion(⌀40mm)
INSV
4+
RANGED WEAPONS
RANGE
A
BS
S
AP
D
Plaguespurt Gauntlet anti-infantry 4+ CLOSE-QUARTERS Ignores Cover Torrent
Plaguespurt Gauntlet anti-infantry 4+ CLOSE-QUARTERS Ignores Cover Torrent
12"
D6
-
3
0
1
MELEE WEAPONS
RANGE
A
WS
S
AP
D
Manreaper - Sweep Lethal Hits
Manreaper - Sweep Lethal Hits
Melee
8
3+
4
-1
1
Manreaper - Strike Lethal Hits
Manreaper - Strike Lethal Hits
Melee
4
2+
8
-2
2
ARMY RULESNurgle’s Gift (Aura), Pact of Decay
ABILITIES
Obstinate Resistance: While this unit is engaged, this unit has +1 OC.
UNIT COMPOSITION
  • 1 Deathshroud Champion model
  • 2 Deathshroud Terminator models
Every model is equipped with: 1 Manreaper - Strike; 1 Plaguespurt Gauntlet.
KEYWORDS: CHAOS; TERMINATOR; MAGGOT LORDS; NURGLE; INFANTRY
FACTION KEYWORDS:
DEATH GUARD
STRATAGEMS
COMMAND RE-ROLL
1CP
Core
C
INSANE BRAVERY
1CP
Core
C
FIRE OVERWATCH
1CP
Core
C
HEROIC INTERVENTION
1CP
Core
C
COUNTEROFFENSIVE
2CP
Core
C
INEXORABLE EXECUTIONERS
1CP
Maggot Lords Stratagem
SICKENING HORROR
1CP
Maggot Lords Stratagem
LED BY
This unit can be led by the following unit:
DETACHMENT ABILITY
Creeping Rot


Maggot Lords Plague Marines
M
5"
T
6
SV
3+
W
2
LD
6+
OC
2
Plague Marine with Plague Spewer(⌀32mm)
5"
6
3+
2
6+
2
Plague Marine(⌀32mm)
5"
6
3+
2
6+
2
Plague Champion(⌀32mm)
5"
6
3+
2
6+
2
Plague Marine with Blight Launcher(⌀32mm)
RANGED WEAPONS
RANGE
A
BS
S
AP
D
Plasma Pistol - Standard CLOSE-QUARTERS
Plasma Pistol - Standard CLOSE-QUARTERS
12"
1
3+
7
-2
1
Plasma Pistol - Supercharge CLOSE-QUARTERS Hazardous
Plasma Pistol - Supercharge CLOSE-QUARTERS Hazardous
12"
1
3+
8
-3
2
Blight Launcher BLAST 1 Lethal Hits
Blight Launcher BLAST 1 Lethal Hits
24"
D3
3+
6
-1
2
Plague Spewer Anti-Infantry 2+ Ignores Cover Torrent
Plague Spewer Anti-Infantry 2+ Ignores Cover Torrent
12"
D6
-
5
-1
1
Boltgun Lethal Hits
Boltgun Lethal Hits
24"
2
3+
4
0
1
MELEE WEAPONS
RANGE
A
WS
S
AP
D
Power Fist Lethal Hits
Power Fist Lethal Hits
Melee
3
3+
8
-2
2
Plague Knives Lethal Hits
Plague Knives Lethal Hits
Melee
3
3+
4
0
1
ARMY RULESNurgle’s Gift (Aura), Pact of Decay
ABILITIES
Infused with the Blessings of Nurgle: In your Shooting phase, when this unit has shot, you can select one enemy unit hit by those ranged attacks. If you do, that enemy unit is Afflicted until the start of your next turn.
UNIT COMPOSITION
  • 1 Plague Champion model
  • 1 Plague Marine with Blight Launcher model
  • 1 Plague Marine with Plague Spewer model
  • 4 Plague Marine models
The Plague Champion is equipped with: 1 Plasma Pistol - Standard; 1 Power Fist.

The Plague Marine with Blight Launcher is equipped with: 1 Blight Launcher; 1 Plague Knives.

The Plague Marine with Plague Spewer is equipped with: 1 Plague Knives; 1 Plague Spewer.

Every Plague Marine is equipped with: 1 Boltgun; 1 Plague Knives.
KEYWORDS: INFANTRY; NURGLE; EXPLOSIVES; BATTLELINE; MAGGOT LORDS; CHAOS
FACTION KEYWORDS:
DEATH GUARD
STRATAGEMS
COMMAND RE-ROLL
1CP
Core
C
INSANE BRAVERY
1CP
Core
C
FIRE OVERWATCH
1CP
Core
C
HEROIC INTERVENTION
1CP
Core
C
COUNTEROFFENSIVE
2CP
Core
C
VOMITOUS SALVOES
1CP
Maggot Lords Stratagem
SICKENING HORROR
1CP
Maggot Lords Stratagem

The BATTLELINE keyword is used in the following Maggot Lords datasheets:

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The CHAOS keyword is used in the following Maggot Lords datasheets:

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The CHARACTER keyword is used in the following Maggot Lords datasheets:

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The DEATH GUARD keyword is used in the following Maggot Lords datasheets:

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The DEDICATED TRANSPORT keyword is used in the following Maggot Lords datasheets:

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The EXPLOSIVES keyword is used in the following Maggot Lords datasheets:

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The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Maggot Lords datasheets:

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The MAGGOT LORDS keyword is used in the following Maggot Lords datasheets:

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The NURGLE keyword is used in the following Maggot Lords datasheets:

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The SMOKE keyword is used in the following Maggot Lords datasheets:

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The TERMINATOR keyword is used in the following Maggot Lords datasheets:

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The TRANSPORT keyword is used in the following Maggot Lords datasheets:

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The VEHICLE keyword is used in the following Maggot Lords datasheets:

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06.01 Visibility
Line of sight is used to determine visibility between models. For an observing model to have line of sight, it must be possible to draw an imaginary straight line, 1 mm wide, from any part of that model to any part of the model being observed. This line is the line of sight. While doing so, other models in the observing model’s unit and in the observed model’s unit are ignored.

Other models and units can be either visible or fully visible to the observing model, as shown below. Note that terrain applies additional rules to visibility (13.07).

Model Visible
If any part of another model is visible to the observing model, that model is visible.

Model Fully Visible
If every part of another model that is facing the observing model is visible to the observing model (so the only thing blocking visibility to any part of that other model is that model itself), that model is fully visible.

Unit Visible
If one or more models in a unit are visible to the observing model, that unit is visible.

Unit Fully Visible
If every model in a unit is fully visible to the observing model, that unit is fully visible. When determining this, the observing model can see through other models in that unit.

FAQ

Q:When checking line of sight from one model to another, is this drawn between the bases of those models, or between any part of them?
A:
Line of sight is drawn from any part of the observing model to any part of the model being observed.
13.01 Placing Terrain
Before the battle, place a selection of terrain features on the battlefield using one or more of the following methods:
  • Place a well-defined boundary (such as a base or mat) in each location you want to furnish with terrain, then place one or more terrain features wholly within that boundary.
  • Place one terrain feature directly on the battlefield.
  • Place two or more terrain features directly on the battlefield in such a way that together they define the boundary of an area.

In each case, the area of the battlefield occupied by that boundary or terrain feature is known as a terrain area. A mission’s deployment map may define the location and dimensions of each terrain area. Otherwise, players must agree on this before the battle.

FAQ

Q:Are models that are within the boundary of a terrain area, but not on the ground floor of a terrain area (e.g. overhanging parts of FRAME VEHICLES or models on terrain features that are within that terrain area) within that terrain area?
A:
Yes
13.08 Benefit of Cover
Each time a ranged attack targets a unit, if every model in that unit meets one or more of the following conditions, that unit has the benefit of cover against that attack:
  • That model has the INFANTRY/BEASTS/SWARM keyword and is within a terrain area.
  • That model is not fully visible to the attacking model due to one or more intervening terrain features and/or one or more intervening obscuring terrain areas (see below).

Each time a ranged attack targets a unit that has the benefit of cover against it, worsen the BS characteristic of that attack by 1.

FAQ

Q:When my unit shoots at another unit, how does it work if some models in the target unit are fully visible to some models in my unit, while others are within a terrain area/not fully visible?
A:
For each attacking model in your unit, determine whether the target unit has the benefit of cover, as described in Terrain and Visibility. In this scenario, the target unit will likely have the benefit of cover against some of the attacking models, but not all.

This means that, in an example unit where all attacking models are using the same weapon, when you get to the Resolve Attacks step of the Attack Sequence, you will collect dice for attacks made by models against which the target unit has the benefit of cover separately from the dice for attacks made by models against which the target unit does not have the benefit of cover.
[LETHAL HITS]24.23

Many deadly weapons can inflict fatal injuries on any foe, no matter their resilience.

Each time an attack made with a [LETHAL HITS] weapon results in a critical hit, you can choose for that attack to automatically wound the target.

Designer’s Note: Choosing to automatically wound the target means that no wound roll is made for that attack. You may decide against this, as it means that attack cannot result in a critical wound and so cannot trigger other abilities such as [DEVASTATING WOUNDS].
SNAP SHOOTING15.09
ELIGIBLE IF: As stated in the rule allowing this shooting type.
EFFECT: Your unit shoots as described in Making Attacks (04).
WHILE SHOOTING:
  • You can only target one visible enemy unit within 24" of your unit (and only if it is an eligible target).
  • Each attack only hits on an unmodified hit roll of 6 (irrespective of the attacking weapon’s BS characteristic or any modifiers).
  • You cannot re-roll hit rolls.
AFTER SHOOTING: Until the end of the phase, your unit is not eligible to start an action.
Hit Roll
Make one hit roll for each attack dice by rolling one D6. For each result, check if it fails or is a hit by matching the first condition below that applies:

Unmodified
FAILS
Unmodified
CRITICAL HIT
Equal to or greater than that attack’s BS/WS characteristicHIT
Any other resultFAILS

CRITICAL HITS
Critical hits are still hits. In addition, other rules can be triggered by a critical hit, such as [LETHAL HITS] (24).

FAQ

Q:My attack has a rule that means it results in a critical hit on a hit roll of 4+. Does this work when snap shooting?
A:
Unless otherwise stated, no: when snap shooting, each attack only hits on a roll of 6.
Q:My attack has a rule that means it results in a critical hit on a hit roll of 4+, and I would otherwise need a 5+ to hit. Does a 4+ hit?
A:
Yes, except when snap shooting: when snap shooting, each attack only hits on a roll of 6.

The MAGGOT LORDS and TERMINATOR keywords are used in the following Maggot Lords datasheets:

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SCOUTS24.31

Scouts form the vanguard of many armies. Unnoticed by the enemy, they range ahead of the main force.

This ability always takes the form Scouts X". In the Resolve Pre-battle Abilities step, if every model in a unit has this ability, you can do one of the following:
  • If that unit is in strategic reserves, you can set up that unit anywhere that is wholly within your deployment zone.
  • If that unit is wholly within your deployment zone, it can make a scout move (see below).
  • If that unit is embarked within a DEDICATED TRANSPORT that is wholly within your deployment zone, and if every model embarked within that DEDICATED TRANSPORT has the Scouts ability, that DEDICATED TRANSPORT can make a scout move.

SCOUT MOVE24.32
MAXIMUM DISTANCE: The X" in Scouts X".
ELIGIBLE IF: It is the Resolve Pre-battle Abilities step, and your unit is wholly within your deployment zone.
EFFECT: Your unit moves as described in Moving (03).
AFTER MOVING: Your unit must be more than 8" horizontally from all enemy units.
STEALTH24.33

The stealthiest warriors can evade the attentions, and the bullets, of their foes.

If every model in a unit has this ability, each time a ranged attack targets that unit, that unit has the benefit of cover against that attack (13.08).
02.02.04 Healing Or Regaining Lost Wounds
When a unit heals or regains a number of wounds, it regains up to that number of lost wounds. For each wound healed or regained, consult the following:
  • If that unit has one or more models that does not have its full wounds remaining, select one of those models; that model regains one lost wound.
  • If all models in that unit have their starting number of wounds, but one or more models from that unit are currently destroyed, revive one of those destroyed models (excluding CHARACTER models), with one wound remaining.
This cannot cause a model to have more wounds remaining than it started the battle with.

If a rule states that a model heals or regains a number of wounds, only that model can regain wounds up to its starting number of wounds. Any excess regained wounds are lost and do not cause a destroyed model from that unit to revive.
[RAPID FIRE]24.30

Rapid fire weapons are capable of long-ranged precision shots or controlled bursts at nearby targets.

This ability always takes the form [RAPID FIRE X]. Each time you gather attack dice for a [RAPID FIRE] weapon, add X additional attack dice if the target unit was within half range of that weapon in the Select Targets step.

Example: If a [RAPID FIRE 1] weapon with an A characteristic of 1 targets a unit that is within half range, you would gather one additional attack dice for that weapon (for a total of two for that weapon).

The MAGGOT LORDS and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Maggot Lords datasheets:

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03.04 Engagement
A model’s engagement range is the area of the battlefield within 2" horizontally and 5" vertically of it.
  • While a friendly model is within engagement range of one or more enemy models, those models – and the units they belong to – are engaged with each other.
  • While a unit contains no engaged models, that unit is unengaged.

WHAT IS ENGAGEMENT?
While opposing models are within each other’s engagement range, they are able to fight in vicious melee, so unless they are seeking to make melee attacks, models should keep out of their foes’ reach.

ENGAGEMENT
These two units have at least one model within 2" of the opposing unit, and are therefore engaged with each other.

FAQ

Q:Does my model or unit become engaged while moving through a enemy units engagement range during a move?
A:
No
01.07.01 Battlefield Morale
The morale and organisation of troops can waver and break during battle. This is checked using battle-shock rolls, most commonly in the Command phase. Failing such a roll represents the unit’s courage faltering due to taking casualties or through other disruption, reducing its battlefield effectiveness. Similarly, some rules will require you to check a unit’s readiness by making a leadership roll.
01.07.02 Battle-shock Test
The term Battle-shock test is the same as battle-shock roll.
01.07 Battle-shock Rolls
To make a battle-shock roll for a unit, its controlling player makes a leadership roll for it (see above).
  • If that roll succeeds, that unit does not become battle-shocked.
  • If that roll fails, that unit, and each model in it, is battle-shocked.

While a unit is battle-shocked:
  • The Objective Control (OC) characteristic of all of its models is modified to ‘-’ (02.02).
  • Its controlling player cannot target that unit with stratagems (15).
  • It is not eligible to start an action (16), and any action it has started cannot be completed.

SEE ALSO
  • Battlefield Morale 01.07.01
  • Battle-shock Test 01.07.02

BATTLEFIELD MORALE
The morale and organisation of troops can waver and break during battle. This is checked using battle-shock rolls, most commonly in the Command phase. Failing such a roll represents the unit’s courage faltering due to taking casualties or through other disruption, reducing its battlefield effectiveness. Similarly, some rules will require you to check a unit’s readiness by making a leadership roll.

FAQ

Q:If a unit has a rule that allows it to start an action when it is battle-shocked can it also continue doing that action if it becomes battle-shocked after starting an action?
A:
Yes
Q:If a unit becomes battle-shocked after starting an action does it stop performing that action?
A:
Yes
Nurgle’s Gift (Aura)

The Death Guard are warriors of the Plague God Nurgle. Their bloated bodies are riddled with corruption, and their mere presence causes the foe to sicken and wither in the grip of supernatural diseases while the battlefield falls to rot and ruin around them.

If your Army Faction is DEATH GUARD, while an enemy unit is within Contagion Range of one or more DEATH GUARD models from your army, it is Afflicted (see below).

CONTAGION RANGE
Contagion Range changes over the course of the battle:





Contagion Range cannot be greater than 12" after modifiers.

AFFLICTED
During the Declare Battle Formations step, select one of the Plagues below. Until the end of the battle, while an enemy unit is Afflicted, subtract 1 from the Toughness characteristic of models in that unit, and that unit has the effect of your chosen Plague.

Skullsquirm Blight

This horrifying affliction sees the minds and senses of the victim gnawed gradually away from within.

  • Each time a model in this unit makes a ranged attack, enemy units have the benefit of cover against that attack.
  • Each time a model in this unit makes a melee attack, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.

Rattlejoint Ague

Limbs shuddering with fever palsy, bones turned brittle as glass, these warriors can barely act to defend themselves.

Worsen the Save characteristic of models in this unit by 1.

Scabrous Soulrot

Victims of this insidious ailment become glassy eyed and morose as their very animus and essence decay.

Worsen the Move, Leadership, and Objective Control characteristics of models in this unit by 1 (this rule can only worsen a model’s Objective Control characteristic to a minimum of 1).

Errata

Nurgle's Gift, Contagion Range Section
Add 'Contagion Range cannot be greater than 12" after modifiers.'
Nurgle's Gift, Skullsquirm Blight
Change to:
‘• Each time a model in this unit makes a ranged attack, enemy units have the benefit of cover against that attack.
• Each time a model in this unit makes a melee attack, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.’
Pact of Decay

The daemons of Nurgle are not native to realspace, but instead must be summoned through the rotting veil by way of generous sacrifice and acts of foul worship.

When mustering your army, unless specifically stated otherwise, you cannot select PLAGUE LEGIONS as your Army Faction.
02.02.02 Ignore Modifiers
Some rules enable a player, weapon, model or unit to ignore modifiers. When using such rules, the following points apply:

Unless otherwise stated, that rule allows you to ignore modifiers to the unit’s rolls and the unit’s profile and weapon characteristics.

When a rule states you can ignore modifiers to a stated roll or characteristic, you can choose to ignore all of those modifiers, or only some of them. For example, you can still choose to apply positive/beneficial modifiers while ignoring negative/detrimental modifiers.

Example: Your unit can ignore characteristic modifiers and is under the effect of +2" M and -2" M. You can choose to ignore the -2" M, meaning that unit’s M characteristic will only be modified by the +2" M.

Example: Your unit’s ranged attacks can ignore roll modifiers and are under the effect of +1 to hit rolls and -1 to hit rolls. You can choose to ignore the -1 to hit rolls, meaning those attacks will only be affected by the +1 to hit rolls.
Before selecting targets for this weapon, select one of its eligible profiles to make attacks with.
ADVANCE MOVE09.06
MAXIMUM DISTANCE: Advance roll + your unit’s M characteristic.
ELIGIBLE IF: Your unit is on the battlefield and unengaged.
EFFECT: Your unit moves as described in Moving (03).
BEFORE MOVING: Make an advance roll by rolling one D6.
AFTER MOVING:
[BLAST]24.05

High-explosive rounds can fell several warriors in a single blast, but firing them too close to comrades is unwise.

Each time you gather attack dice for a [BLAST] weapon, add one additional attack dice for every five models that were in the target unit in the Select Targets step (rounding down).

If this ability takes the form [BLAST X], each time you gather attack dice for such a weapon, add X additional attack dice for every five models that were in the target unit in the Select Targets step (rounding down) instead.

Example: If a [BLAST 2] weapon with an A characteristic of 3 targets a unit containing 12 models, you would gather four additional attack dice for that weapon (for a total of seven for that weapon).
CLOSE-QUARTERS SHOOTING10.06
ELIGIBLE IF: All of the following apply to your unit:
  • Engaged and did not make an advance move this turn.
  • Has one or more [CLOSE-QUARTERS] weapons or is a MONSTER/VEHICLE unit.
EFFECT: Your unit shoots as described in Making Attacks (04).
WHILE SHOOTING: Models in your unit can target enemy units your unit is engaged with.
  • MONSTER/VEHICLE Models: Each time a MONSTER/VEHICLE model in your unit makes an attack:
    • Unless that attack is made with a [CLOSE-QUARTERS] weapon and targets a unit your unit is engaged with, subtract 1 from the hit roll.
    • If that attack is made with a [BLAST] weapon, it still cannot target a unit your unit is engaged with.
  • Non-MONSTER/Non-VEHICLE Models: You can only select [CLOSE-QUARTERS] weapons to make attacks with and you can only select enemy units that are engaged with your unit as targets.
AFTER SHOOTING: Until the end of the phase, your unit is not eligible to start an action.
[CLOSE-QUARTERS]24.07

Weapons designed for close-quarters fighting can be wielded effectively even in the press of melee combat.

Units containing one or more models with a [CLOSE-QUARTERS] weapon can shoot using close-quarters shooting (10.06).

When using another shooting type, for each model in that unit (excluding MONSTER/VEHICLE models), you can only select one of the following to make attacks with:
  • One or more of its [CLOSE-QUARTERS] weapons.
  • One or more of its other ranged weapons.
[HAZARDOUS]24.15

Weapons powered by unstable and dangerous energy sources pose a substantial risk to the wielder and those that stand beside them.

Each time a unit is selected to shoot or selected to fight, after that unit has resolved all of its attacks, make a number of hazard rolls (06.03) for that unit equal to the number of [HAZARDOUS] weapons you selected in the Select Weapons step.
06.02.01 Normal Damage
Normal Damage is damage that was inflicted on a model as a result of a weapon’s D characteristic, rather than by other means such as mortal wounds. Mortal wounds dealt in addition to normal damage from an attack are part of that same attack.
06.02 Mortal Wounds
Some attacks or rules inflict mortal wounds on units. Each time a unit suffers one or more mortal wounds, its controlling player must resolve the following sequence for each of those mortal wounds, until either all of them have been inflicted or that unit is destroyed:
  1. Select Model: Select one model in that unit by following the first instruction below that applies:

    		If a non-CHARACTER model in that unit has lost one or more wounds, you must select that model.
    		Otherwise, if that unit contains one or more non-CHARACTER models, you must select one of those models.
    		Otherwise, if one or more CHARACTER models in that unit have lost one or more wounds, you must select one of those models.
    		Otherwise, you must select one CHARACTER model in that unit.

  2. Resolve Damage: The selected model loses 1 wound. If this reduces that model’s remaining wounds to 0, it is destroyed.

MORTAL WOUNDS AND NORMAL DAMAGE
When resolving attack dice, if those attacks inflict a mixture of both mortal wounds and normal damage, resolve all of the normal damage first, then resolve all of the mortal wounds.

SEE ALSO
  • Normal Damage 06.02.01

FAQ

Q:I have a rule that triggers when a mortal wound is allocated to a model, when does this happen?
A:
When you select a model in the Select Model step of Mortal Wounds (06.02).
06.03 Hazard Rolls
To make a hazard roll for a unit, roll one D6: on a 1-2, that roll fails and that unit suffers 1 mortal wound, or 3 mortal wounds instead if each model in that unit is a MONSTER/VEHICLE model. If more than one hazard roll is required for a unit, make all of those rolls simultaneously.

FAQ

Q:I failed hazard rolls from [Hazardous] weapons, do those mortal wounds have to be allocated to the models with the [HAZARDOUS] weapons?
A:
No, you allocate the mortal wounds to the unit as per Mortal Wounds (06.02). (This represents Bob the guardsmen picking up his fallen squad mates plasma gun or that the twisting power of James the Chaos Sorcerer pulling his followers into the warp.)
Q:If a rule says my unit must make a hazard roll does every model in the unit make a hazard roll?
A:
No, the unit would make 1 single hazard roll.
[HAZARDOUS]24.15

Weapons powered by unstable and dangerous energy sources pose a substantial risk to the wielder and those that stand beside them.

Each time a unit is selected to shoot or selected to fight, after that unit has resolved all of its attacks, make a number of hazard rolls (06.03) for that unit equal to the number of [HAZARDOUS] weapons you selected in the Select Weapons step.
02.02.03 Random Characteristics
Random Movement: When a unit with a random M characteristic is selected to move, determine the entire unit’s move distance by rolling the indicated number of dice.

Random Attacks: If a weapon has a random A characteristic, that characteristic is determined when generating attacks for that weapon at the Resolve Attacks step (04.03). If several weapons with random A characteristics are making identical attacks, generate the attacks for each of those weapons individually, and group them all together.

Random Damage: If a weapon has a random D characteristic, then each time an attack made with it inflicts damage, the controlling player determines that weapon’s characteristic when the opposing player has selected a model in the target unit to allocate that attack to.

When determining a random D characteristic, the dice roll made is called a damage roll.

Where a D characteristic includes an operator (e.g. a ‘+’, as in D6+1), the value after the operator is part of that D characteristic – it is not a modifier.

Other Random Characteristics: For all other characteristics, roll to determine the value on an individual, per-model or per-weapon basis each time that characteristic is required.
05.04.04 Destroyed
Throughout a battle, models will suffer damage, lose wounds and be destroyed. When every model in a unit has been destroyed, that unit is destroyed.

When a model is destroyed, first resolve any rules that are triggered when it is destroyed, then it is removed from the battlefield. If any such rules apply, and if the model was destroyed as the result of an attack, unless otherwise stated, those rules are only resolved and that model is only removed after the attacking unit’s attacks have been resolved. Unless otherwise stated, destroyed models and units cannot use abilities or be selected or targeted by rules.

Some rules only trigger if an enemy model or unit was destroyed by you, or by a model or unit from your army. This means that the enemy model or unit was destroyed by an attack made by a model from your army, or by a player rule you have. Enemy models or units that are destroyed by any other means are not destroyed by you, or by a model or unit from your army.
Save Rolls
The opposing player resolves the following sequence:
  1. Create Groups: Divide all models in the target unit into the following groups, as many times as required:
    • One group for each CHARACTER model.
    • One group for all other models with the same W, Sv and InSv characteristics.
  2. Allocation Order: Declare the order in which those groups will have attacks allocated to them, applying all of the following:
    • If a non-CHARACTER group contains a model that has lost one or more wounds, that group must be first in the allocation order.
    • No CHARACTER group can be earlier in the allocation order than a non-CHARACTER group.
    • CHARACTER groups containing a model that has lost one or more wounds must be earlier in the allocation order than CHARACTER groups containing no wounded models.
  3. Make Save Rolls: The opposing player makes one save roll for each attack that wounded the target by rolling one D6.

FAQ

Q:When declaring the allocation order of groups in my unit I have more than one non-CHARACTER groups that contain a model with a missing wound, how must I select the order?
A:
Those groups can be selected in an order of your choosing but must be in an order that makes them come before any non-CHARACTER groups that do not contain a model with a missing wound.
Q:I have a unit being attacked with weapons that will modify some of their save rolls to be worse then 6 should I make those save rolls?
A:
Yes, because other models in your unit may have Sv’s that are better those models you’ve mentioned, this means that enough save rolls could be allocated to the those models that the rest of the results are not greater then the Sv’s of the other models in your unit.
Q:Can I group or allocate a wound to a destroyed model?
A:
No.
[DEVASTATING WOUNDS]24.10

The most potent weapons strike with such power that they make a mockery of armour and can cleave through several foes.

Each time an attack made with a [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] weapon results in a critical wound, the attack sequence for that attack ends and the target unit suffers a number of mortal wounds equal to the D characteristic of that weapon. These are inflicted after resolving any normal damage inflicted by those attacks.

Mortal wounds inflicted by [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] weapons can damage a maximum of one model for each critical wound; any remaining mortal wounds inflicted by that attack are lost.

Example: An attack made with a [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] weapon with a D characteristic of 3 results in a critical wound against an Intercessor Squad, so inflicts 3 mortal wounds. The first 2 mortal wounds are sufficient to destroy 1 Intercessor model, so the remaining mortal wound is lost.
05.02.01 Multiple Toughness Characteristics
When resolving attacks that target a unit in which the models have two or more different T characteristics, follow the first instruction that applies from below:
  • If the target unit is an attached unit, use the highest T characteristic amongst bodyguard models in that unit that are on the battlefield.
  • Use the highest T characteristic amongst models in that unit that are on the battlefield.
Wound Roll
Make one wound roll for each hit by rolling one D6. For each result, check if it fails or is a wound by matching the first condition below that applies:

Unmodified
FAILS
Unmodified
CRITICAL WOUND
Equal to or greater than the required result below:WOUND
ATTACK’S STRENGTH VS TARGET’S TOUGHNESSREQUIRED RESULT
Strength is TWICE (or more than twice) the Toughness
+
Strength is GREATER than the Toughness
+
Strength is EQUAL to the Toughness
+
Strength is LESS than the Toughness
+
Strength is HALF (or less than half) the Toughness
+
Any other resultFAILS

CRITICAL WOUNDS
Critical wounds are still wounds. In addition, other rules can be triggered by a critical wound, such as [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] (24).


SEE ALSO
  • Multiple Toughness Characteristics 05.02.01
COMMAND RE-ROLL15.02
1CP
Core Stratagem
A great commander can bend even the vagaries of fate and fortune to their will, the better to ensure victory.
WHEN: Any phase, just after you make one of the following rolls for a friendly unit or model:
  • Advance roll
  • Charge roll
  • Damage roll
  • Hazard roll
  • Hit roll
  • Save roll
  • Wound roll
  • A roll to determine the number of attacks generated with a weapon.

TARGET: That unit or model.

EFFECT: You re-roll that roll. If you are rolling more than one dice together, select one of those dice to re-roll (excluding charge rolls, which you must re-roll in full).
01.05.01 Automatically Successful/Passes/Hits/Wounds
When a dice roll or test is automatically successful or automatically passes/hits/wounds, do not roll the dice and instead move to the next step of the sequence for that roll as if the required result had been rolled. Any rules that take effect on a particular dice result or roll result do not take effect.

Example: If a hit roll is automatically successful, move straight to the Wound Rolls step for that attack. Such a hit roll is not a critical hit.

Example: If a wound roll is automatically successful, move straight to the Save Rolls step for that attack. Such a wound roll is not a critical wound.
INSANE BRAVERY15.04
1CP
Core Stratagem
Indifferent to their own survival, these warriors hold their ground against seemingly impossible odds.
WHEN: Battle-shock step of your Command phase, just before you make a battle-shock roll for a friendly unit.

TARGET: That unit.

EFFECT: That battle-shock roll is automatically successful.

RESTRICTIONS: You cannot use this stratagem more than once per battle.
SNAP SHOOTING15.09
ELIGIBLE IF: As stated in the rule allowing this shooting type.
EFFECT: Your unit shoots as described in Making Attacks (04).
WHILE SHOOTING:
  • You can only target one visible enemy unit within 24" of your unit (and only if it is an eligible target).
  • Each attack only hits on an unmodified hit roll of 6 (irrespective of the attacking weapon’s BS characteristic or any modifiers).
  • You cannot re-roll hit rolls.
AFTER SHOOTING: Until the end of the phase, your unit is not eligible to start an action.
FIRE OVERWATCH15.08
1CP
Core Stratagem
A hail of fire can drive back advancing foes.
WHEN: End of your opponent’s Movement phase.

TARGET: One friendly unengaged unit (excluding TITANIC units).

EFFECT: Your unit shoots using snap shooting.
HEROIC INTERVENTION15.11
1CP
Core Stratagem
Voices raised in furious war cries, your warriors surge forth to meet the enemy’s onslaught head-on.
WHEN: End of your opponent’s Charge phase.

TARGET: One friendly unengaged unit within 12" of one or more enemy units. You can only select a VEHICLE unit if it is a CHARACTER/WALKER unit.

EFFECT: Resolve a charge with your unit (11.02). While doing so, before making the charge roll, you must select one of the following modes:

  • Leap to Defend: When selecting charge targets, you can only select enemy units that made a charge move this phase and are within the maximum distance.
+1CP
  • Into the Fray:
    • When making the charge roll, if the result is greater than 6 (after modifiers), change it to 6.
    • When selecting charge targets, you can select any enemy units that are within 6" of your unit and within the maximum distance.
05.04.01 Current Allocation Group
The first group in the allocation order begins as the current group. Once all models in an allocation group are destroyed, the next group in the allocation order becomes the current one.
[PRECISION]24.28

Precision attacks can pick high-value targets out in a crowd.

While resolving attacks made with one or more [PRECISION] weapons, at the start of the Allocation Order step (05.03), if the target unit contains one or more CHARACTER models visible to one or more of the attacking models, the active player can select one allocation group that contains one of those visible CHARACTER models. If they do, until those attacks are resolved, or until that CHARACTER group is destroyed (whichever happens first), that CHARACTER group is the current allocation group.
EPIC CHALLENGE15.03
1CP
Core Stratagem
The legends of the 41st millennium are replete with deadly duels between mighty champions.
WHEN: Fight phase, just after a friendly CHARACTER unit is selected to fight.

TARGET: That CHARACTER unit.

EFFECT: Select one CHARACTER model in your unit. Until the end of the phase, that model’s melee weapons have the [PRECISION] ability.
FIGHTS FIRST24.13

Those possessed of lightning-fast reactions may strike before the opponent can react.

While every model in a unit has this ability, that unit is a Fights First unit.

See the Resolve Fights First Combats step in the Fight phase (12.04).
COUNTEROFFENSIVE15.12
2CP
Core Stratagem
In close-quarters combat, the slightest hesitation can leave an opening for a swift foe to exploit.
WHEN: Fight step of your opponent’s Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has resolved its attacks.

TARGET: One friendly unit that is eligible to fight.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, your unit has the Fights First ability and it must be the next unit you select to fight (12.04).
SICKENING HORROR
1CP
Maggot Lords Stratagem
A wave of supernatural dread and all-too-natural revulsion washes across the foe as the Death Guard approach.
WHEN: Start of the Fight phase.

TARGET: One friendly MAGGOT LORDS INFANTRY unit.

EFFECT: Select one enemy unit engaged with your unit. That enemy unit makes a battle-shock roll.
Noisome Veil
Maggot Lords Detachment

A noxious shroud rises around the Tallyman, obscuring his form as he lumbers across the battlefield, monotonous incantations and droning enumerations still rumbling from his vox-emitter.

MAGGOT LORDS TALLYMAN model only. (Once per battle, per army) In your opponent’s Shooting phase, when an enemy unit targets this unit, you can use this ability. If you do, this unit has Stealth.

13.09 Hidden
A model is hidden while all of the following apply to it:
  • That model has the INFANTRY/BEASTS/SWARM keyword and is within a terrain area that contains one or more light/dense terrain features.
  • That model’s unit did not make one or more ranged attacks during this turn or during the previous turn.
While a model is hidden, it can only be visible to enemy models that are within its detection range. Unless otherwise stated, a model’s detection range is 15".

Errata

13.09 - Change to First Bullet Point
Change to: ‘That model has the INFANTRY/BEASTS/SWARM keyword and is within a terrain area that contains one or more light/dense terrain features.’
[ANTI]24.03

Certain weapons are the bane of particular foes.

This ability always takes the form [ANTI-X Y+]. Each time an attack is made with an [ANTI] weapon, if the target unit has the keyword denoted by X, an unmodified wound roll of Y+ is a critical wound.

Example: An attack made with an [ANTI-VEHICLE 4+] weapon against a VEHICLE unit will result in a critical wound on an unmodified wound roll of 4+, while an attack made with an [ANTI-PSYKER 2+] weapon against a PSYKER unit will result in a critical wound on an unmodified wound roll of 2+.
[IGNORES COVER]24.18

Some weapons are designed to root enemy formations out of entrenched positions.

Each time an attack is made with an [IGNORES COVER] weapon, the target cannot have the benefit of cover against that attack (13.08), including from rules that give a model or unit the benefit of cover (e.g. Stealth).
[TORRENT]24.37

Torrent weapons project clouds of fire, gas or other lethal substances that few foes can hope to evade.

Each time an attack is made with a [TORRENT] weapon, that attack automatically hits the target.
[TWIN-LINKED]24.38

Dual weapons are often grafted to the same targeting system for greater lethality.

Each time an attack is made with a [TWIN-LINKED] weapon, you can re-roll the wound roll.
Creeping Rot
Maggot Lords Detachment

A bow-wave of contagion precedes the Maggot Lords. From this miasma of pungent filth they stride, looming close as the foe struggle to suppress their terror and muster a defence.

Friendly MAGGOT LORDS TERMINATOR units have Scouts 3".
Bountiful Regeneration
Maggot Lords Detachment

No matter the harm done to this warrior, the unclean vitality that seethes within their body constantly repairs the damage with fresh layers of rancid fat, bubbling buboes and mutant flesh.

MAGGOT LORDS LORD OF VIRULENCE model only. In your Command phase, this model heals 1 wound.

18.01 Transport Capacity
TRANSPORT models have a transport capacity listed on their datasheet. This determines the type and maximum number of friendly models that are eligible to embark within them. More than one unit can be embarked within the same TRANSPORT model at the same time, provided it has sufficient transport capacity.

Before the battle, in the Declare Battle Formations step, your units can start embarked within any friendly TRANSPORT model that has sufficient transport capacity remaining for the whole unit.

A friendly unit must be embarked within each friendly DEDICATED TRANSPORT model. At the end of this step, each friendly DEDICATED TRANSPORT model without an embarked unit is destroyed, but they do not trigger rules that are triggered when a model is destroyed.
SMOKESCREEN15.10
1CP
Core Stratagem
Even the most skilled marksmen struggle to hit targets veiled by billowing screens of smoke.
WHEN: Start of your opponent’s Shooting phase.

TARGET: One friendly SMOKE unit.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time an attack targets either your SMOKE unit, or a unit that is not fully visible to the attacking model because of one or more models in your SMOKE unit, the target has the benefit of cover against that attack (13.08).
INEXORABLE EXECUTIONERS
1CP
Maggot Lords Stratagem
Ponderous though the Deathshroud may appear, they are unrelenting in their pursuit of the enemy. Those who block their path are swept aside as if they were little more than crawling vermin.
WHEN: Your Charge phase, when a friendly MAGGOT LORDS DEATHSHROUD TERMINATORS unit starts a charge move.

TARGET: That MAGGOT LORDS DEATHSHROUD TERMINATORS unit.

EFFECT: Your unit can move through models (excluding MONSTER/VEHICLE models).
Nurgle’s Gift (Aura)

The Death Guard are warriors of the Plague God Nurgle. Their bloated bodies are riddled with corruption, and their mere presence causes the foe to sicken and wither in the grip of supernatural diseases while the battlefield falls to rot and ruin around them.

If your Army Faction is DEATH GUARD, while an enemy unit is within Contagion Range of one or more DEATH GUARD models from your army, it is Afflicted (see below).

CONTAGION RANGE
Contagion Range changes over the course of the battle:





Contagion Range cannot be greater than 12" after modifiers.

AFFLICTED
During the Declare Battle Formations step, select one of the Plagues below. Until the end of the battle, while an enemy unit is Afflicted, subtract 1 from the Toughness characteristic of models in that unit, and that unit has the effect of your chosen Plague.

Skullsquirm Blight

This horrifying affliction sees the minds and senses of the victim gnawed gradually away from within.

  • Each time a model in this unit makes a ranged attack, enemy units have the benefit of cover against that attack.
  • Each time a model in this unit makes a melee attack, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.

Rattlejoint Ague

Limbs shuddering with fever palsy, bones turned brittle as glass, these warriors can barely act to defend themselves.

Worsen the Save characteristic of models in this unit by 1.

Scabrous Soulrot

Victims of this insidious ailment become glassy eyed and morose as their very animus and essence decay.

Worsen the Move, Leadership, and Objective Control characteristics of models in this unit by 1 (this rule can only worsen a model’s Objective Control characteristic to a minimum of 1).

Errata

Nurgle's Gift, Contagion Range Section
Add 'Contagion Range cannot be greater than 12" after modifiers.'
Nurgle's Gift, Skullsquirm Blight
Change to:
‘• Each time a model in this unit makes a ranged attack, enemy units have the benefit of cover against that attack.
• Each time a model in this unit makes a melee attack, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.’
VOMITOUS SALVOES
1CP
Maggot Lords Stratagem
Retching and heaving like living things, the weapons of the Death Guard eject an overwhelming hail of projectiles, foul infectious matter and squealing parasites that saturate the ranks of the foe.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase, when a friendly MAGGOT LORDS PLAGUE MARINES unit is selected to shoot.

TARGET: That MAGGOT LORDS PLAGUE MARINES unit.

EFFECT: Your unit’s Lethal Hits ranged attacks have [Rapid Fire 1].
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